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I’m liking the word “we” much better than “me”
Rather than “mine” ? I like “ours” instead
And it’s all coming back to me now
Though for too long hope seemed to be dead
A mind has a hard time considering
The “us” that’s been for so long
Sometimes not even remembering
Our once shared and much loved song
So busy searching for strength to endure
Can make life a one man show
Just fighting to survive
This ominous threat of unknown
It’s like we’ve been stuck on pause
Where we couldn’t see here nor abroad
But now were breaking free
Just what I requested from God
No longer feeling threatened
Nor hushed and made to feel dumb
We’re breaking the bonds of force and control
From under a relentless thumb
Rising above crazy makers and fear-mongers
Nay-sayers and those who are mean…
Cuz fear doesn’t come from God
But it does crush our God given dreams!
So it’s “we” who go forward from this day
It’s “ours” who’s dreams are revived
Together to make a difference in this world
To be the change- lived out through our lives!
Eloyce Aug 10, 2009
I use to not let people mess with my wall
Erected for my safty
A massive one of imposing hight
I know this may sound sort of crazy
Sometimes- I’d let someone step just inside
If they’d only talk about weather
Yet- venture past my safety zone
I’d avoid ‘em from then on- forever!
I’d scoot them out turn my head
And leave ‘em wondering wherein
Blocking them out by acting aloof
So uncomfortable in my own skin
I’ve change a bit- my wall’s sitting height
All part of what God’s been doing…
Yet sometimes I feel all exposed inside
All transparent… like everyone’s looking
I ask… How can I help others like me
If I don’t share what God has done?
Other’s who hide who they really are
Who find them selves too- on the run
What is it that I’m afraid of…
The me- who’s getting in touch?
No masquerade- Just the real thing
God’s child- whom He loves so much!
Eloyce January 17, 2009
Lets sing love live and dance
Upon this wide world
While we’ve got the chance…
Words deeply etched inside my heart
Yet oddly a state of mind
Strangely entangled they often meet up
In murmurous of perilous times
Most blessings from our loving God
Get dirtied and abused
In this earthly place we live
More often- they’re miss used
Let’s sing love live and dance
Upon this wide world
While we’ve got the chance…
Words known to be essential
For God’s abundant life to live
It’s far too dangerous to sort it all out
For safety we burry our heads
What makes a counterfeit?
How do we know- true or false?
Which meanings bring praise to our loving God
To shine forth from our hearts?
Let’s sing love live and dance
Upon this wide world
While we’ve got the chance…
Eloyce 2/27/09
Thanks to a wise person on Face Book, I’ve finally found my favorite quote, and here it is… “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.” Dr. Seuss.
Coming from a Adventist cultural heritage of only nonfictional reading, I find it no wonder I was not allowed to read books like “The Cat in the Hat”… so silly and frivolous; everyone knows animals don’t talk, eggs aren’t green… and ham? Well, we wont go there…
Here is another one… “It’s better to remain silent and be thought a fool- than to speak up and remove all doubt.” I grew up with this phrase as the basis of my dubious love/hate roller-coaster of confidence and self doubt. And now as an adult trying to figure out my complex self, I’ve discovered that it was Aberham Lincoln who originally said these words! Wow, this was a little shocking to me, I had to think this one through…
I’m confident that old Abe didn’t mean this quippy phraise to be used to shut people up and stifle creative thought. I give everyone the benefit of the doubt; so perhaps he came up with it out of his own insecurities and inability to communicate what he was thinking at a given time… I know that’s how I am; I’m by no means stupid nor oblivious to the concerns of those around me; I just sometimes have a hard time accessing my brain at the appropriate times.
Quips are odd and unplanned, yet useally precise and to the point. Sometimes they flow out of me as if I were always in total control of the situation; at other times I waste a perfectly good opportunity with only a blank stare…
One winter while strolling through a clothing store, I had a colorful green and blue stripe scarf jump off the rack and into my cart. I couldn’t figure out why I liked it so much, but I had to buy it! Later my sister complimented me on my “Dr. Seuss scarf”… Yes! That’s what it was- bold, silly and frivolous, free from all doubt… I still love to wear it… It makes me feel good and smile inside.
Eloyce
